Filigrees III (solo piano)

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Work Overview

The third piece of the
Filigrees series continues and
develops the techniques that were employed in the first two -
each and every motif is subject to repetition and variation;
sometimes there is a process of dismantling, before the
re-assembly of components occurs; an arpeggio presented as a
rapid linear flourish will alternate with its "solid" chordal
variant, and for the first time in the Filigrees series, there is a direct reference, a
homage to Chopin's first Etude
(op. 10 n° 1), when an arpeggio figure appears in the right hand
and is, in turn, subject to "filigreed" treatment.
Filigrees 3 also explores, more
extensively, the combination of melodic figures in the high
treble, over a very low pedal.